LUGTON, a village, in the parish of Dalkeith,
county of Edinburgh, ^ a mile (N. W.) from Dalkeith;
containing 230 inhabitants. The barony of Lugton was
taken, in 1633, from the old parish of Melville, and annexed
to Dalkeith parish. The village is situated on
the high road from Dalkeith to Edinburgh, and on the
banks of the North Esk, over which river is a bridge,
built in 1765, and widened in 1816, when, also, the
approaches to it were improved. The inhabitants of the
place are chiefly colliers, and a school has been established
for their children.